What are the responsibilities and job description for the SUMMER PROGRAMS ASSISTANT TEACHER position at Oregon Episcopal School?
OUR MISSION: Oregon Episcopal School prepares students for higher education and lifelong learning by inspiring intellectual, physical, social, emotional, artistic, and spiritual growth so that they may realize their power for good as citizens of local and world communities.
ABOUT US: Oregon Episcopal School occupies a wooded 59 acre campus where 880 students in Pre-K through 12th Grade share an excellent faculty, an inquiry based curriculum, and a strong sense of community. The School values employees who seek to continually develop the OES Essential Competencies in themselves and others and are prepared to engage in a vibrant, culturally diverse learning community.
JOB TITLE: Assistant Teacher
FTE: N/A
SCHEDULE: 40 hours of work for the full 6 weeks of camp, June 23rd-August 1st, M-F (except no camp July 4th), 15 hrs mandatory asynchronous employee training and in person employee training week of June 20th, 2025.
FLSA:Temporary, Seasonal
DEPARTMENT: Summer Programs
REPORTS TO: Director of Summer Programs
UPDATED: December 2024
COMPENSATION: $22/hr dependent on experience.
BENEFITS:
- For all summer assistant teachers 100% covered full time camp class slots for assistant teachers’ camp age dependents during the weeks they are working only.
- Pre registration available for year round employees’ and summer staff and employees’ dependents during the week's they are working. For guaranteed spots, reservations must be made before the start of the program registration season.
- Accrued paid sick leave
- Free lunch and snacks daily
OUR MISSION: When a person experiences summer in the OES community, whether child or adult, they leave our programming and walk into the next school year more confident in their skills socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually - ready to thrive. Summer at OES works to provide equitable access to families in the Portland Metro community for inquiry and play-based summer enrichment programming that cultivates a sense of adventure and the building of a rich, creative community on and off the Oregon Episcopal School campus. We facilitate space for our student campers to capture joy and freedom as they take on healthy risks, make new friends, and explore who they are as valued individuals.
SUMMER CORE VALUES:
- Fun: We work to cultivate each other’s curiosity and encourage healthy risks through joyful play and fun;
- Respect: We nurture our mental, emotional, and social well being through healthy respectful relationships and dialogue with each other;
- Wonder: We expand our compassion for others and the natural world through engagement with a broad intersection of peers, community engagement, and project based inquiry camp classes and experiences.
Summer Commitment to Justice
We are proud that our Summer at OES Program is an extension of both our school’s experiential education, mission, and commitment to justice and is open to the public. These commitments are a cornerstone of our programming which welcomes every student camper and their family onto our campus.
Salary : $22
